Brucellosis Management Action Plans Meetings

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hold two public meetings to receive feedback on updates to Brucellosis Management Action Plans (BMAPs) for seven elk herds containing supplemental feedgrounds in western Wyoming. Updates for the Jackson, Fall Creek and Afton elk herds will be discussed at the Jackson Game and Fish Regional office at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23. A meeting to receive feedback on updates to the Hoback, Piney, Upper Green River and Pinedale elk herd BMAP’s will be held at the Pinedale Game and Fish Regional office at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 24. BMAP’s for the seven elk herds containing feedgrounds were initially developed in 2006, with cooperation from livestock producers, animal health regulatory officials and state/federal land managers. The plans outline actions that could reduce the risk of elk to elk and elk to cattle brucellosis transmission. Development of the BMAPs was a top recommendation of the Governor’s Brucellosis Coordination Team (BCT), a panel formed after Wyoming lost its brucellosis class-free status for cattle in 2004.